Effective Tuesday March 6,
2012 at 7:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, 1200 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC),
NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) in Morristown (MRX) and Nashville (OHX),
Tennessee, will reconfigure their fire weather forecast zones with respect to
Moore County, TN.Specifically, Moore
County, TN, will become part of WFO OHX, renamed TNZ502, Highland Rim District
- South (old zone name Tennessee Forest District 5 South). Currently this zone
is part of WFO MRX, named TNZ300, Cumberland District - South (old zone name Tennessee
Forest District 3).

After this zone change,
all fire weather forecasts and products for Moore County, TN, will be contained
in the standard suite of fire weather products issued by WFO OHX. In addition,
the following Tennessee Forest (TF) District names will become effective on
March 6, 2012:

Zone CodeOld
Zone NameNew Zone Name

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TNZ150TF District 1East Tennessee District-East

TNZ200TF District 2East Tennessee District-West

TNZ300 TF District 3Cumberland District-South

TNZ400TF District 4Cumberland District-North

TNZ501TF District 5 NorthHighland Rim District-North

TNZ502TF District 5 SouthHighland
Rim District-South

These changes have been
requested by the Tennessee Division of Forestry (TN DOF) and are reflected in its
current policy.